December 2

• Nigeria: Gunmen 'Burn Churches, Border Posts in Borno State

  Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, residents said, but it was not immediately... Read more »

• Nigeria: Primate Says 'It Is Ridiculous' to Tax Churches

  The Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, on Saturday dismissed calls in some quarters for Churches in the country to be mandated to pay tax to... Read more »

• Nigeria: My Wife Is a Prostitute - Businessman

  A 35 year-old woman urged Grade 'B' Customary Court, Orile-Agege to dissolve her 15-year-old marriage on the grounds of her husband's frequent flogging and threat to life. Read more »

• Nigeria: 50 Percent Workforce Cut Controversy

  Last Wednesday, at the Second Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat, in Warri, Delta State, the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, stirred the hornet's nest when... Read more »

• Nigeria: The Many Colours of Ajodun Ido

  As the People of Ado Ekiti, the headquarters of Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State, converged in the ancient town to celebrate this year's annual festival otherwise known... Read more »

• Nigeria: Eko 2012 - Country Not Serious About Sports Development - Osaile

  Popular boxing promoter and sports critic, Martins Osaele declared that the federal government of Nigeria is not serious in its avowed interest in the development of sports.... Read more »

• Nigeria: Poverty - Free Education for Jonathan At Unijankara - (I) [opinion]

  If you reduce poverty and the person is still poor, you have achieved nothing. I don't believe in poverty reduction concept. It is more positive to talk about wealth creation",... Read more »

• Nigeria: HIV Is No Death Sentence - Aregbesola's Wife

  The wife of the governor of the State of Osun, Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola, wants recognition of the rights of people living with HIV. The victims, according to her, should not be... Read more »

• Nigeria: Do State Govts Need Commissioners?

  Section 147(1) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria provides for the appointment of Federal Ministers while Section 192(1) does same for the appointment of State Commissioners. The... Read more »

• Nigeria: Discordant Tunes Greet Eko 2012

  It was a case of different strokes for different folks as two leaders of delegations differed in their assessment of the 18th National Sports Festival, Eko 2012, five days after... Read more »

• Nigeria: Sports Is Suffering Spiritual Attacks - Bazighe

  Former African champion and national javelin record holder, Pius Bazighe took the dwindling fortunes of Nigerian sports to another dimension, when he declared that spiritual forces... Read more »

• Nigeria: Tourism - Giving It an Attractive Image

  I must confess that I was highly surprised to learn from a colleague that one-way airfare from Lagos to Abuja is thirty thousand naira (N30,00). It seemed outrageous to me. Read more »

• Nigeria: Sexual Harassment of Female Students Worries Ogun Govt

  Ogun State government has expressed worry over the spate of sexual abuse and harassment of female students in the public primary and secondary schools in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: Sanya Osha and His Underground of Summer Bees [book review]

  Sanya Osha's new novel, An Underground Colony of Summer Bees begins with Jerome Akpata moving from Johannesburg to Durban. "He had become tired of having to live looking constantly... Read more »

• Nigeria: NPL 2012 Congress to Hold in Kano

  Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has announced Thursday, December 6, 2012, as the date for its 2012 Annual Congress. Read more »

• Nigeria: Lagos Hosts Digital Dialogue Conference

  Digital Dialogue Nigeria 2012, a Forum aimed at kickstarting the information and education aspects of digital broadcast migration in Nigeria, holds in Lagos between 5 and 6... Read more »

• Nigeria: Trouble in Ugborodo - How to Avert More Killings - Emami

  Some stakeholders share their perspectives in this concluding part of our report on the crisis in Ughorodo, a community in Delta State, which allegedly claimed three lives. Read more »

• Nigeria: Insecurity - Niger Delta Summit Holds January

  The Niger Delta regional summit organized by the Cross River State Government, in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to address security challenges in... Read more »

• Nigeria: Security Agent Confesses in Court - in My Home, My Wife Is the Boss

  Mr, Jimoh Babatunde, a security agent, pleaded with a Lagos Grade 'B' Customary Court, sitting in Orile-Agege, to dissolve his five-year-old marriage to his wife, Arike, over... Read more »

• Nigeria: Delta Starts Post-Flooding Rehabilitation of Victims

  Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan will flag off the post-flooding rehabilitation of flood victims in Delta State tomorrow at Ozoro, with the distribution of inputs, such as seedlings,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigerians Demand Accountability in Routine Immunization

  NIGERIANS have demanded transparency and accountability from duty bearers at the process chain of Routine Immunization (RI) in Nigeria. Read more »

• Nigeria/Mali: African U-17 Championship Qualifier - Eaglets Feeling the Heat in Bamako

  Golden Eaglets chief coach, Manu Garba admitted that pressure is getting to his team ahead of today's African Under-17 Championship qualifier against Mali in Bamako. Read more »

December 1

• Nigeria: Teslim Balogun's 'Bouncing Tracks' Worry Officials

  Athletics officials are not expecting any record breaking performances on the tracks of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos where the athletics event of the National Sports... Read more »

• Nigeria: Day Channel O Came to Town!

  Channel O marks its 15th year anniversary as Africa's first 24-hour music TV in Lagos few days to its 2012 Music Video Awards.It was a moment of celebration and popping of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Eko 2012 - Can Lagos Host, Win?

  The much expected 18th National Sports Festival began in Lagos on Tuesday with a colourful opening ceremony as the participating States displayed the best of their culture in the... Read more »